The six were accused of links to US-based preacher Fethullah Gulen, blamed for the 2016 coup plot.

Defending Olympic champion Lizzy Yarnold finishes the day in third place after the second of four runs in the women's skeleton, with fellow Briton Laura Deas in fourth.

Black Panther actress Lupita Nyong'o talks exclusively to BBC Africa about what the film means for the continent.

Students have detailed how teachers barricaded classroom doors and jumped in front of bullets.

The mother of murder victim Maëlys de Araujo receives three years of leave from hospital colleagues.

German leader says she is "not frustrated" as Theresa May insists talks are not "just one-way street".

More than 100,000 of the animals have been killed since 1999.

Catch up with the best of the action from day seven of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, including Great Britain's first medal of the games.

Why the problems afflicting Jamaica's bobsleigh team echo, in part, the true story which inspired the Cool Runnings movie.

The move is aimed at stemming a wave of anti-government protests, state media reports.

A general will oversee security under emergency measures to combat a wave of violent crime.

US Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered a review the bureau's processes after the misstep.

The named Russians are indicted along with three Russian companies by special counsel Robert Mueller.

Eight bachelors are "disrupting" breeding couples at Devon's Living Coasts.

Former civil servant Barbara Hosking on smashing glass ceilings, working for two prime ministers, and on why she's chosen to come out in her 90s.

Facebook is ordered to stop tracking people without consent, by a court in Belgium.

West Brom's Jonny Evans, Gareth Barry, Jake Livermore and Boaz Myhill apologise after a taxi was stolen on a club break in Barcelona.

When a Washington state gran found her grandson's troubling journal entries, she called the police.

Roger Federer says becoming the oldest world number one in tennis history - 14 years after first topping the rankings - is a "dream come true".

Chelsea's Brazilian forward Willian opens the scoring in the FA Cup fifth-round match with Hull with a deliciously placed curling effort.

Dom Parsons won Great Britain's first medal of the 2018 Winter Olympics - but did you know he also makes sleds as well as racing on them?